Hello, The subject of the "Butterbox Babies" in a "home" in Nova Scotia in the 1920's has been brought up on the "British Home Children" List. I did a search for the term and found a description of the actual "home" and events on this site: http://www.canadiancrc.com/Butterbox_babies.aspx I haven't finished reading it, yet, but I did notice that the couple "sold" some of the babies and some went to couples in NJ (US). Also, part of the discussion on the BHC List is about the teen-age girls who were arriving in Canada "got pregnant" and how they were treated and dealt with. www.rootsweb.com Mailing List INDEX As part of the discussion, I mentioned that many teen-age girls - anywhere - did not survive pregnancy and childbirth. I mentioned my KIDDER gr-gr-grandfather who had an older brother who lived along the Maine / New Brunswick border in the mid-1800's. He had 5 children with his first wife, and then had a son with his 2nd wife. They were from Calais, Maine, but the 1881 census had the family living on Deer Island, New Brunswick. His teen-age daughter "got pregnant" and at Age 16 she "died in childbirth." The baby survived and was probably raised by the birth-father's family. A few months later, John had his 7th child, a little girl. So, during 1881, John's daughter, Henrietta, died during childbirth, and he had his 7th child, a little girl, named Henrietta. So, he had a daughter and a granddaughter born within months of each other (on that island). Also, there is a whole lot of information on the above web site. On quick look, the organization only deals with - children living in Canada now. But, we sure wish they would at least mention the "British Home Children" - or even the descendants of the "home children." http://www.canadiancrc.com/ http://www.britishhomechildren.org/ Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) List Administrator